Owl Said

There lived a princess of the woods
She thought she lived alone
She walked with fair skin
On her head wine red hair did flow

And birds were flying
And bells were ringing in the distant sky
And the owl said:
You know it's time to die
So why not you and I

She sat at tables made of glass
And drank from a silver spoon
The absinthe carved its secret path
And it burned, a flower bloomed

And the autumn came
She sought for her sleep
And gazed up to the sky
An elf did sing:
If you climb this highest tree
I'll sing you a lullaby

And so she climbs
Each moss step with moonlight rose
And blackberry stems
And a bed of stars
In which she lays her body down
Only with him

And the silver sea
Where I saw swans with deep set wings
Staring at me
And the owl said:
You know it's time to die
So why not you and I

There lived a princess of the woods
She thought she lived alone
She found her life inside a song
And so she made it home